Patents by Inventor Akira Nakajima

Akira Nakajima has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12248310
    Abstract: A display system includes a display device in production equipment. The display device includes a control unit, a display unit, a storage unit, and an input unit. The storage unit stores: schematic illustration data that represent a schematic illustration of the production equipment; and causal relationship model data in which one or more cause elements of one or more abnormalities that can occur in the production equipment are selected from driving means for driving the production equipment and monitoring means for monitoring the production, and the cause elements and the relationships between the cause elements are represented as a causal relationship model. The control unit displays the schematic illustration and the causal relationship model on the display unit such that the causal relationship model is superimposed on the schematic illustration so as to correspond to the schematic illustration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Minemoto, Reiko Hattori, Yuya Ota, Shinsuke Kawanoue, Akira Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20250070023
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first chip including a first insulating layer; a second chip bonded to the first chip and including a second insulating layer; and a pad provided around a bonded surface between the first chip and the second chip. The pad includes a first metal layer including a first metal, a second metal layer disposed between the first metal layer and the first insulating layer, and a third metal layer disposed between the first metal layer and the second insulating layer. At least one of the second metal layer or the third metal layer include a second metal having oxidation energy lower than oxidation energy of the first metal. The first metal layer further includes the second metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi KATO, Masayoshi TAGAMI, Akira NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 12122322
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a vehicle exterior image acquisition unit acquiring a vehicle exterior image, a vehicle interior image acquisition unit acquiring a vehicle interior image, a person recognition unit recognizing, based on the vehicle exterior and interior images, a presence of a person in the vehicle and a motion of a person outside the vehicle, a door control unit controlling a state of a door of the vehicle, and a motion determination unit determining a specific motion to be carried out when the person outside the vehicle instructs an opening operation of the door, wherein the door control unit executes the opening operation when the person outside the vehicle has performed the specific motion, if the presence of a person in the vehicle has been recognized based on a recognition result of the person recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Morosawa, Haisong Liu, Akira Nakajima, Kenji Okuma, Hiroaki Maruyama, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Shuto Higashi, Fumiaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20240332281
    Abstract: A destructive breakdown mode that leads to the destruction of a device is suppressed, in the case where a gallium nitride-based high electron mobility transistor is used as a power device. A diode is connected in antiparallel to a HEMT, and this antiparallel connected diode is designed such that an avalanche breakdown occurs therein before the drain-source voltage, which is the difference between the drain potential applied to a drain electrode and the source potential applied to a source electrode, exceeds the withstand voltage of the HEMT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Akira NAKAJIMA, Shinsuke HARADA, Kazutoshi KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240213364
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor equipment including: an element area having an n-type layer, a first p-type layer on the n-type layer, and a second p-type layer on the first p-type layer, the second p-type layer having an acceptor concentration higher than the first p-type layer; and an electric field relaxation region surrounding the element area, in which in the electric field relaxation region, a region containing an impurity element that inactivates a part of acceptors in the first p-type layer and the second p-type layer is provided in the first p-type layer and the second p-type layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshinao MIURA, Akira NAKAJIMA, Xu-Qiang SHEN, Hirohisa HIRAI, Shinsuke HARADA
  • Publication number: 20240182322
    Abstract: A ceramic material of the present invention contains a La—Mo-based composite oxide and at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Si and Al, in which the amount of first element contained is more than 0% by mass and 0.5% or less by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Mao SHOJI, Hisashi KOZUKA, Yasuyuki OKIMURA, Akira NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11999293
    Abstract: In a vehicle control system, when a vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes a person outside a vehicle and the vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes an in-vehicle user, a notification control unit performs notification processing on outside of the vehicle, based on personal information which is predetermined information relating to the in-vehicle user or an action taken by at least one of the person outside the vehicle and the in-vehicle user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Morosawa, Haisong Liu, Akira Nakajima, Kenji Okuma, Hiroaki Maruyama, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Shuto Higashi, Fumiaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11989011
    Abstract: A display system provided in production equipment having driving means and monitoring means with controllable features includes a control unit, a display unit, and a storage unit. The control unit obtains a feature output over time from at least one among the driving means and the monitoring means, and causes the storage unit to store the feature; constructs, in each prescribed time, a causal relationship model that indicates a causal factor selected from among the driving means and the monitoring means for at least one abnormality that can occur in the production equipment and that also indicates the relationship between causal factors on the basis of the obtained feature; and displays, on the display unit, a plurality of causal relationship models constructed in a plurality of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Minemoto, Reiko Hattori, Yuya Ota, Shinsuke Kawanoue, Akira Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20240071928
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the embodiment includes: a first interlayer insulating film; a lower wiring layer provided in the first interlayer insulating film; a second interlayer insulating film provided on the first interlayer insulating film and having a first trench provided therein; and an upper wiring layer provided in the first trench of the second interlayer insulating film and electrically connected to the lower wiring layer, wherein the upper wiring layer includes: a first barrier metal film provided in the first trench, and mainly composed of Ta; a second barrier metal film provided in the first trench via the first barrier metal film, and mainly composed of Ti; and a first conductive film provided in the first trench via the first barrier metal film and the second barrier metal film, and mainly composed of a first metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Akira NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11904804
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes: an on-vehicle-user-number recognizing unit that performs recognition of an on-vehicle-user-number, and stores the on-vehicle-user-number in a storage unit, the on-vehicle-user-number being a number of users who have got on a vehicle; an off-vehicle-user-number recognizing unit that recognizes an off-vehicle-user-number, the off-vehicle-user-number being a number of the users who have got off the vehicle after the recognition of the on-vehicle-user-number by the on-vehicle-user-number recognizing unit; and a power door control unit that causes at least one power door to perform closing operation when the on-vehicle-user-number stored in the storage unit equals the off-vehicle-user-number recognized by the off-vehicle-user-number recognizing unit, the at least one power door being a power door that the user has used at a time of getting off the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Morosawa, Haisong Liu, Akira Nakajima, Kenji Okuma, Hiroaki Maruyama, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Shuto Higashi, Fumiaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11881029
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes: a service arrangement information acquisition unit which acquires service arrangement information including identification information of at least either one of a person in charge of a service who executes a predetermined service that targets a predetermined vehicle and a service vehicle used when executing the predetermined service; a surrounding object recognition unit which recognizes an object present in an area around the predetermined vehicle; and a service reception handling unit which executes predetermined processing for receiving the predetermined service in a case where the object is determined as the service vehicle or the person in charge of the service by an object authentication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Morosawa, Haisong Liu, Akira Nakajima, Kenji Okuma, Hiroaki Maruyama, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Shuto Higashi, Fumiaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20240006359
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device according to an embodiment, a first connection wiring layer and a second connection wiring layer are bonded such that a first surface and a second surface face each other and a first electrode and a second electrode are in contact with each other, wherein the first electrode includes a first barrier metal film provided in a first trench and containing Ti, and a first conductive film provided in the first trench via the first barrier metal film and containing polycrystalline Cu, the second electrode includes a second barrier metal film provided in a second trench and containing Ti, and a second conductive film provided in the second trench via the second barrier metal film and containing polycrystalline Cu, and Ti and O are present on a bonding surface between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Akira NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11851344
    Abstract: A complex oxide ceramic according to an embodiment is a complex oxide ceramic including a rare earth element and at least one element selected from among molybdenum, tungsten, and vanadium. An example of the rare earth element is at least one species selected from among La, Ce, and Gd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANAGAWA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Nakajima, Takumi Matsumoto, Sachiko Matsushita, Toshihiro Isobe, Kayano Sunada
  • Publication number: 20230282577
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a wiring layer including a plurality of wires. The wires include first wires and second wires. Each of the first wires has a first width in a direction substantially parallel to the wiring layer. The second wires are arranged at wider intervals than intervals of the first wires. Each of the second wires includes a first wiring member having a second width larger than the first width, and a second wiring member provided on the first wiring member and having a third width larger than the second width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Akira NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230249980
    Abstract: Provided are a complex oxide ceramic having high antiviral activity, a functional material, and an article provided with the complex oxide ceramic and/or the functional material. The complex oxide ceramic according to one aspect of the present invention is a complex oxide ceramic containing cerium and molybdenum and having antiviral activity. The functional material according to one aspect of the present invention is also a functional material including the complex oxide ceramic mixed with a photocatalyst and/or an antibacterial effect. The article according to one aspect of the present invention is an article having the complex oxide ceramic and/or the functional material on at least a part of the surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Akira NAKAJIMA, Takuro ITO, Sachiko MATSUSHITA, Toshihiro ISOBE, Kayano SUNADA
  • Publication number: 20230226133
    Abstract: A method for extracting a ceramide-containing material or ceramide from whole apples and/or apple juice extraction residue. Furthermore, to ensure utility as a food, especially a functional food, or a raw material for a cosmetic or medicine, that includes the ceramide-containing material. [Solution] In the present invention, an adsorbent is added to an ethanol treatment solution of whole apples and/or apple juice extraction residue, the mixture is stirred and subjected to solid-liquid separation, and solid material precipitated from the solution is separated, after which water is added to the resultant concentrate and the temperature thereof is maintained, whereby the resultant settled component is recovered and dried to obtain a ceramide-containing material or ceramide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Narumi, Junji Ichita, Kou Itoku, Naoki Nanashima, Akira Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20230212021
    Abstract: A lanthanum molybdenum composite oxide is provided. The lanthanum molybdenum composite oxide has a primary crystal phase formed of La2Mo2O9. The lanthanum molybdenum composite oxide also has a secondary crystal phase formed of a lanthanum molybdenum composite oxide species other than La2Mo2O9. The secondary crystal phase may contain at least one species selected from a group consisting of La2Mo3O12, La6MoO12, La7Mo7O30, La2Mo4O15, La2MoO6, La4MoO9, and LaMo2O5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Akira NAKAJIMA, Takumi MATSUMOTO, Mao SHOJI, Hisashi KOZUKA
  • Patent number: 11656592
    Abstract: An analysis device according to one aspect of the present invention supplies a definition for a dependency relation between an input parameter and an output parameter of a standard function, which cannot be derived in a dependency analysis of a control program, the definition being supplied by use of function structure information which is external information. In other words, an analysis device according to this configuration identifies a dependency relation between an input parameter and an output parameter of the standard function on the basis of function structure information that defines a dependency relation between the input parameter and the output parameter of the standard function. Therefore, the dependency relation between the input and the output of a standard function becomes clear, so the dependency relations between a plurality of device variables that mediate the standard function can be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Ota, Reiko Hattori, Kosuke Tsuruta, Akira Nakajima, Shinsuke Kawanoue
  • Publication number: 20230069025
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment comprises a first conductive layer. An interconnection is provided above the first conductive layer. A contact is provided between the first conductive layer and the interconnection. The interconnection includes a first metal layer containing hexagonal titanium (Ti) provided above the first conductive layer, a second metal layer containing tantalum (Ta) having a body-centered cubic lattice-like structure and provided on the first metal layer, and a first wiring material provided on the second metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Akira NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: D1055046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Watanabe, Akira Nakajima